AICPA tax policy and advocacy successes: 2025 highlights

The AICPA’s Tax Division volunteer committees and technical resource panels can point to many positive results last year from its advocacy to Treasury, the IRS, and Congress for law changes and administrative guidance.

Recent developments in estate planning

This annual update on trust, estate, and gift taxation covers recent IRS guidance and administrative issuances, relevant legislative proposals, and selected court decisions for the period ending June 2025.

Are you doing all you can to keep the cash method for your clients?

A passthrough entity business cannot use the cash method of accounting if it is classified as a syndicate. This article discusses this rule and ways a passthrough entity business that is currently not a syndicate can avoid being reclassified as one and losing the use of the cash method.

Current developments in S corporations

This annual update covers recent developments relating to S corporations, including IRS relief for common inadvertent S election lapses; the transfer of clean-energy credits; and other cases, rulings, and regulations.

Sec. 181: Will 2025 be the series finale?

Sec. 181 expensing of costs of qualified film, television, and theatrical productions gives producers cause to cheer, but the curtain may be falling on this temporary provision.

Tax provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act

The bill extends portions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, provides deductions to eliminate income taxes on certain tips and overtime pay, and addresses other tax priorities of the Trump administration.

Ways and Means approves proposed TCJA extensions and tax changes

The bill would make key portions of the TCJA permanent and create a new “senior bonus” deduction, among its many provisions. An AICPA statement said it is “deeply troubled” by the plan to curtail use of passthroughs to avoid SALT cap. The bill now heads to the House Budget Committee.